[bonem]

Hi,
I live in a humid place and my clear UE-11 cable turned green. It's not nice anymore. I think this is called oxidation.
Is there any way to fix that? Thanks in advance

 

[Sayajin]

Yeah, get a new cable.

 

[bonem]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sayajin /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, get a new cable.

Thanks. If that's the cheapest way..

 

[Lil' Knight]

Buy a new black cable and you don't have to buy again.

 

[bonem]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif Buy a new black cable and you don't have to buy again.

Many thanks! I'll do

 

[dvdonly]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil' Knight /img/forum/go_quote.gif Buy a new black cable and you don't have to buy again.

Unfortunately not true.

My Super-fi 5 Pro clear cable turned green and I bought the new black cable to replace it. That started shorting out within 8 months of normal, non-abusive use.

Searched around this forum and found that is a commonplace problem. Also EarphoneSolutions stopped carrying UEs specifically for the cable shorting problem.

So most likely you will have to buy again...

I did...but I bought a Westone UM3X instead of giving UE any more of my money for their poor workmanship.

 

[cyberspyder]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvdonly /img/forum/go_quote.gif Unfortunately not true. My Super-fi 5 Pro clear cable turned green and I bought the new black cable to replace it. That started shorting out within 8 months of normal, non-abusive use. Searched around this forum and found that is a commonplace problem. Also EarphoneSolutions stopped carrying UEs specifically for the cable shorting problem. So most likely you will have to buy again... I did...but I bought a Westone UM3X instead of giving UE any more of my money for their poor workmanship.

Not only poor workmanship, but poor CS as well...steer WELL clear of Logitech/UE!

 

[bonem]

So is there any chance the JH Audio cables are better? Would they fit the UE-11 sockets? Thanks

 

[thread]

@bonem, not the clear ones. Mine turned green after only about a month.

 

[cyberspyder]

Any cables turn green because it's simply not sealed 100% and the sweat and moisture can migrate into the insulation, with black or dark coloured insulation, that's not a problem.

 

[TheMarchingMule]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyberspyder /img/forum/go_quote.gif Any cables turn green because it's simply not sealed 100% and the sweat and moisture can migrate into the insulation, with black or dark coloured insulation, that's not a problem.

It's called oxidation, for those who wanted to know.

 

[bonem]

Thank you thread for the info.
I was thinking about a tweak with dentifrice I used to do with my silver chains to remove the oxidation (right Mule?) layer. Would water damage the cable?
EDIT: Oh cyberspyder congrats for your new status..

 

[Lil' Knight]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dvdonly /img/forum/go_quote.gif Unfortunately not true. My Super-fi 5 Pro clear cable turned green and I bought the new black cable to replace it. That started shorting out within 8 months of normal, non-abusive use.

The UE universal cable is different from the custom one.

Every cable is oxidized after a long time using. It's only cosmetic issue and with the black cable, you won't recognize it

 

[bakhtiar]

Another suggestion.
Send them to Unique Melody for remolding/reshelling/recabling. Refer to
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f103/u...=unique+melody

Thank you.

 

[Scott_Tarlow]

They have a replaceable cable... but also bonem was the first of us to get his stuff done at UM.